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Hackney Winter Night Shelter predicts increasing demand for fourth year in row
Local charity has 700 volunteers but need is ‘greater than ever’
Read MorePolice issue urgent appeal after rape in Amhurst Road
Detectives have released an e-fit image of a man they want to question about the attack
Read MoreCouncil waves through plans for 30-storey hotel complex in Shoreditch
Campaigners claim decision to grant planning permission ‘undermines’ opposition to Bishopsgate Goodsyard scheme
Read MoreMeet the man asking Hackney to ‘donate privilege’
Founder of Arts Emergency explains why we need to tackle privilege in the arts
Read MoreCouncil backpedals over London Fields cycleway
Town Hall has delayed three-month trial of cycle quietway trial after the new consultation period
Read MoreEast London collective Assemble become first 'non-artists' to win the Turner Prize
Stratford-based group collects prestigious award for its project that blurs the boundary between art and architecture
Read MoreEast London collective Assemble become first ‘non-artists’ to win the Turner Prize
Stratford-based group collects prestigious award for its project that blurs the boundary between art and architecture
Read MoreFormer superhead wrongly appointed to DfE post due to ‘administrative error’
Greg Wallace resigns from government advisory role after Department for Education alerted to ongoing investigation
Read MoreResidents facing fuel or food dilemma this Christmas
Choice between paying bills and buying groceries is the stark reality for lower income families in Hackney, claims charity
Read MoreAnti-hipster graffiti ‘misdirected,’ says Well Street Pizza
Vandals have targeted other new businesses in Hackney
Read MoreHackney MPs vote against air strikes against ISIS in Syria
Last night politicians cast their vote on whether the UK should join US-led bombing campaign
Read MoreCare leavers invited to poet Lemn Sissay’s Hackney Christmas dinner
Nationwide project aims to leave ‘no care leaver alone’ on Christmas Day
Read MorePolice release CCTV images following Old Street sexual assault
The wanted pair are alleged to have assaulted a woman on Old Street
Read MoreInternational Migrants Day celebrations come to East London
Hackney screenwriter Tony Grisoni to introduce Bafta-winning film at Whitechapel Gallery event on migration
Read MoreSave our hedgehogs: numbers in continuing decline, report warns
There have been no sightings of the prickly mammal in Hackney for two years
Read MoreChristmas toy appeal makes final plea for donations
With one week to go, Stokey Parents are half-way to reaching target
Read MoreGCHQ pavement ads breach council rules in graffiti gaffe
Security and intelligence organisation claims it sought permission but council denies any record of agreement
Read MoreResidents launch petition over Crossrail 2 plans to dig up Shoreditch Park
Britannia Leisure Centre could also be bulldozed following TfL’s proposals for an underground ventilation shaft
Read More‘Ban basement excavations’: mother and toddler narrowly escape injury in ceiling collapse
Father points finger of blame at council for approving ‘dangerous and disruptive’ basement excavations
Read MorePJ Harvey to headline as Field Day announces first wave of acts
Beach House, Deerhunter and Four Tet also set to perform at festival’s tenth anniversary in Victoria Park
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